One of the few things that the Game Preserve is missing is a 3DO system. I was wandering about on eBay - always a
bad idea - and was looking at a few of the 'system' lots for this platform which are currently on the block. I wanted
to share this one
mainly for the 6th picture. I guess things are pretty boring in Iowa....actually, yes they are.

In other news mainly exciting to myself: it only took a year and change, but I finally am getting a functional gaming center
built out in the upstairs 'media room'. The plan will be to have, well, every console hooked up and immediately playable,
with all game libraries on shelves within arms reach. Currently connected are:
- NES
- SNES
- N64
- Dreamcast
- PS2

And coming soon to the setup are the TG-16, Master System, and Saturn. This has the wonderful and terrible side effect of rekindling the
always smoldering desire to build out excellent libraries for each system, as is only proper. Pictures forthcoming.
Posted by charlie on June 28th 2006Leave CommentShare

This is very important - we are going to see Tom Jones this weekend at a casino. The best case scenario is that I'll
accidentally win some wonderful sum of money gambling my $45 for the weekend, and the GamePreserve will finally get
the accommodations that it well deserves.

The worst case is that at least we get to watch Dave throw his boxers on stage when Tom starts singing Sex Bomb.
We have to live for something.
Posted by charlie on June 27th 2006Leave CommentShare

I discussed a fascinating idea with the Uncle today, I hope that we can move forward on it soon.

Ok, I just found out something amazing. Let's see if I can possibly hope to explain:
We were watching an episode of The Henry Rollins Show and his guest was
Jeff Bridges who had plenty of intersting things to say,
but certainly the thing which made the greatest impression on me was the mention of a
Lebowski Fest!!! Apparently there are
festivals around the country which celebrate the great film, and the Dude. In keeping with my standard habit, I was
really really excited then immediately forgot about it until just now.

Just now we remembered to check out the upcoming locations for the event, and low and behold, there is the 5th
annual Fest in Louisville Kentucky! Now, immediately I remembered the words of the Uncle, echoing in my head, that he
wants to go to Botcon this year, but that it's going to be rough since
it's in Kentucky, in the middle of no where. Suddenly
I was beset with a panicked fury, knowing that I needed some data and needed it fast. It was too much to hope, certainly, that
a confluence of absurdity would actually put these events during the same time, and in any sort of geographic proximity...

I raced to the botcon site, having not memorized the date of the coming show, and looked through the needlessly long front
page of the site, until I found it. "BotCon 2006 will be held in Lexington, Kentucky! September 28 - October 1 at the
Lexington Convention Center adjacent to the Hyatt Regency." Unreal!

Now, I admit that my Kentucky geography isn't what it used to be, so off to yahoo.maps. Can you imagine what I found? Well
imagine no longer, behold!
These two cities are 78 miles apart. It's almost more than I can believe. I can feel the seeds of an expensive and likely
terrible idea being not only planted, but growing at an insane rate! I think it's time for bed, but think about - think about
how insanely cool this all is. It's almost too much to believe.
Posted by charlie on June 19th 2006Leave CommentShare

I've been playing this game on the
Dannon Yogurt cups,
where you get parts of various phrases under the foil tops,
and if you get enough parts of any one phrase and complete it, you get a corresponding prize. So far I have, as
one would expect, many parts of many phrases, but have not as yet even won the very most worthless prize. I stopped
to reflect on how my purchase habits had been changed over the last 2 months as regards this product, and turns out
that they ran a brilliant contest - the prizes aren't all that valuable, and I clearly have spent more than I'm ever
going to get, and I suspect I'm not alone. But, at the end of the day, I suppose it's best that it's actually a healthy
product, where as I'm certain I could have been playing a snickers bar contest or some such.

In awesome Lordi news, here is a
fantastic clip
of them rocking out at the much-discussed Eurovision semifinal. This isn't so much new news, as it is rather a chance
to see another killer Lordi video, with plenty of explosions, and spark-shooting instruments, as promised!

As another aside, I'm currently re-re-doing the linking 'architecture' of the Preserve, to hopefully un-paint myself
from the corner in which I had ended up. Not that I presume such things, with as yet still so little content, but fair
warning that any bookmarks you may have (to my, what, 5 ancillary pages??) may break in the next few days.
Posted by charlie on June 17th 2006Leave CommentShare

The WCL is the vision of Martial Arts icon Chuck Norris. It is a sports league like the NBA or NFL made up
of professional martial arts fighters on teams representing American cities. WCL contests combine the excitement
of martial arts combat with the thrill of routing for your favorite team. Our goal is to provide sports fans with
an unprecedented level of "full throttle" martial arts fighting action in every second of each round of every team contest.
Posted by charlie on June 15th 2006Leave CommentShare

While I have my doubts as to the authenticity, here's an excellent
Internet Aneurysm involving a musical flatbed scanner.

Last night was an excellent evening at the Temple, in celebration of 666. We had a ginormous bbq, complete with 1/2 lb spicy
Gozer-made burgers with bacon and cheddar, grilled corn, kettle chips, italian bread and oil, and little red potatos also
grilled, and dipped in bacon horseradish dip. Cigars and rum throughout the evening, along with the fine fine movie
End of Days kept us in line with the spirit of the day.
Posted by charlie on June 7th 2006Leave CommentShare